Fortress House and Barn is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1985. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
Fortress House and Barn
- WRENN ID
- rooted-chalk-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1985
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Fortress House and Barn, Awre
- OS grid reference
- SO 704 083
- Coordinates
- 51.7726, -2.42944
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Fortress House and Barn is an early 19th-century farmhouse located in Awre. The building features squared and coursed sandstone rubble gables and a Welsh slate roof. It has a long, shallow layout with a barn on the left, which is incorporated but likely added later. The house has gable stacks, with one off-centre at the ridge. It is two storeys high and has four wide-spaced, well-proportioned 19th-century sash windows with glazing bars, all set under stone lintels. There is a new door leading to a late 19th-century porch, positioned left of centre. At the back, there are small two-light casements and another new door. The barn extension on the left is two storeys high, while a long low wing extends to the right.
Local climate
Fortress House and Barn receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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